Railway-tie



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RAILWAY TIEr v APPL ICATION FILED Nov. 24. 1919. I 1,366,673. Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

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RAILWAY TIE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV-24. 19:9.

Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

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' Ektomww URIAH 0. LONG, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

RAILVAYFTIE.

specification of Letters Patent. Patented Jan. 25, 1921.

Application filed November 24, 1919. Serial No. 340,273.

To all to 7mm 2'1 may concern:

Be it known that I, Unmet 0. Lone, a citizen of the Unitedv States, residing at 5419 Mai-mien ll ay, city of Los ringeles, in the county of Los Angeles, and State of California, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Railwaylllies, of which. the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a railway tie and particularly to improvements in the device of Letters Patent of the United States, Number 1,306,014, issued to me under date of June 10, 1919. 1

Specifically l. aim to provide effective means to prevent corrosion or oxidation of the parts within the pockets receiving the rail-fastening means; a tie of a particular shape to save material and facilitate handling; a tie havingimproved reinforcing means in a composite body, and one other wise improved as will later appear and be claimed. p r

In the accompanying drawings illustrating one preferred embodiment 2- Figure 1 is a side elevation of the improved tie with track rails securcdthereto and in cross-section;

Fig. 2 is fragmentary longitudinal sectional view on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view on the line- 3-3 of Fig. v2;

Fig. 4 is a fragmentary plan view of th tie partly broken away;

Fig. 5 is a detail'perspective view of the rail fastening or spike which may be used; and i Fig. G is an L-mlarged view in longitudinal section of the metallic parts only of one side of the tie and of a modified form of rail fastening.

Referring particularly to the drawings, the tie 10 may be molded or formed from any suitable composite material. usually concrete. The sides and ends of the tie may be beveled or inclined as at 11 to eflect a saving of material and the edges may be rounded at the junctions of the walls. The tie is longest and widest at the base or bottom and is preferably enlarged as at 12 to be reinforced where the rails are supported. Pockets facilitating handling may be provided at 13 in Figs. 1 and 3. The bottomof the tie is centrally cut away to provide any desired shape of wall 14 which 'erably of metal. '15 are used and their ends 15 are hooked or bentto facilitate anchoring. Links 16 are rod 20.

willgrip the ground to reduce chances of lateral movement and the weightof the tie.

Composite body 10 is preferably rein forced by a suitable skeleton structure}, pref- Suitable transverse rods alsoembedded in the composite body, being positioned by the rods 14 while'endless rods or wires 17 are fastened around the rods 14 and rods or wires 18 are passed alternately ov'erthe upper and lower rod 14 of each pair. It will be noted that the outermost links 16, in this instance, are preferably lnclined, to conform with the shape of the end 61 the. tie, as shown in Fig. 2. The

various rods and wires may be tied in proper relation by thin wires before being embedded in the concrete or other composite body, in the course of manufacture.

Beneath each rail, the tie is further reinforced by a horizontally disposed. endless In addition an elongated brace plate or bar is embedded in the tie'having a horizontal portion 21, an inclined end portion 22 and inclined portions 23, one substantially following the angle of the portions of rod 14. Parallel witli portion 21 is a; plate 24 and disposed between the portion 21 and plate 24 are a plurality of U- shaped bars. These bars have upstanding portions 25 and feet orlugs' 26 which bear against the plate 24 and a reinforcing plate 27 resting on the portion 21. Bolts or rivets 28 pass through lugs 26 and plates 24 at the top and lugs 26, plate 27 and portion 21 at the bottom. The top bolts or rivets 28 also pass through lugs 29 of-strut bars 30 joined to the portions 22 an'd'23 by lugs 31 of the strut bars and bolts or rivets 32. It will be noticed that the strutbars 30 also have vertical portions 30 which serve to lower the main portions of the strut bars in order to receive a considerable quantity of concrete above it or in other words to be embedded at a greater depth. Plates 27, if desired, may be omitted but, their use is advisable sincethey afford additional strength. Also, a wear plate 38, which rests on plate 24, may be dispensed with if desired. Metallic side plates 34 are disposed beneath portion 24, resting on plate 27 andon the interior face bearing against the sides of portion 25 and lugs 26 being clamped in place by means i of bolts 35. Plates 3+1 preferably have lateri-asin Figs/1,2 and3, to overlap the base flanges of the rails. i

ally extending flanges or lugs 36 (Fig. 3) through \VlllClT said rivets 23 pass. inplates openin s 3? ma 1 he, rovided to enable 7 A b insertion of'the composite material.

A pan of the U-shaped bars 1s disposed 'on each side of each track rail 38 and the upstanding walls 25 of each pair are spaced from each other to provide pockets 39 with which openings 40 in plates 24 and 33 register. rail fastening member or spike 41 may pass through said openings 40 and into each pocket into binding and wedging' relationwith retainers or keys 422, preferably of softer metal than the spikes, for instance soft' steel asdistinguished from lead, which is referred to in my Patent 3.563691%. At the continuous edges, the spikes and keys may have suitable interengaging corrugatrons or progections as. The pockets are preferably wider at their bases than at their tops as shown 'in Fig. 6, to facilitate expansion of the keys and provide substantially dove-tailed eoiinections between the s andpockets. Spikesl may have heads 41' A very important feature of present improvements resides in a means to seal the pocketsfagainst the entrance of moisture so that the spike'parts therein cannot injuriously corrode or unduly oxidize. Thespike therefore, asshown' in Fig. 5, in detail may havea. continuous groove around 1t at 50 adapted to register, when the spike is in place, with a groove 52extending endlessly inplate 24 at opening 40; Openings d0 of plate 33 are enlarged orbeveled downwardly as shown a140," so that a sealing 'medium maybe poured therethrough to enter grooves and '52IThis. medium may be molten .metal likellead or babbitt, which will harden and seal the pockets against the entrance of moisture. Also the spike parts within the pockets may be coated with asphaltuin or other corrosion-preventing medium before insertion into the pockets and the sealing thereof. As in the case of the device of my Patent 1,306,014, a limitationto the formof fastening means used is not to'be implied since modifications may beresorted to as in Fig. 6.

In thisfigure, a flange engaging bar 44 and fish plate e5 are formed integral, with plate 33 and usual fastening bolt means 47 are passed through the rail and fish plates and filler members 48 and 49.

In manufacturing, the steps outlined in my patent referred-to are followed, after which, the sealing medium 53 is applied, prephaltum prior thereto.

As merely the preferred embodiment has been illustrated and described, it" is to be understood that changes in the details of sun 3osin coatin of the s ikes with the asconstruction may be resorted to within the spirit and scope; of my invention.

I claim: 7 V 1. A rail t1e havinga pocket, rail securing means extending 1nto the pocket, and means overlapping both the pocket and said means to seal the pocket for the purpose specified.

2. A rail tie having a pocket, rail securing 7 means extending into the pocket, said means having a groove,- and means extending into 7 the'groove to seal the pocket for the purpose specified 3. A rail tie having, a pocket, rail securing means extending into the pocket, said pocket and means each having a groove, and means extending into said grooves to sealthe pocket for the purpose specified.

4-. A. rall t1e havlng a pocket means, rail securing means extending thereinto, one of (member, and a pouring means in said plate for molten metal to enter sald grooves toseal the pocket for the purpose specified.

In testimony whereof IafiiX m signature.

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